Aleksandr Tvardovsky

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Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Александр Трифонович Твардовский) (21 June 1910 — 18 December 1971) was a Soviet poet, chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine (1950-1954, 1958-1970).

Tvardovsky fought hard to maintain the traditional independence Novy Mir had, even against official disapproval. During his editorship the magazine published Ilya Ehrenburg's Thaw in 1954, The Vologda Wedding by Aleksandr Yashin in 1962, and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 1962.[1]

He received the Stalin Prize (USSR State Prize) (1941, 1946, 1947, 1971) and of Lenin Prize (1961, for the poem Expanse after Expanse (За далью - даль)).

Tvardovsky was born in Zagorye, Russia. He joined the Communist Party in 1940 and was a war correspondent during World War II. By 1970, more hardline officials forced his resignation from Novy Mir, although he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner "for services in the development of Soviet poetry" that same year and the State Prize for Literature in the year of his death, 1971, in Moscow.[1]

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[edit] Vasili Tyorkin

His most popular poem was Vasili Tyorkin (Василий Тёркин, also known as A book about a Soldier, "Книга про бойца") (1941-1945) about an ordinary but not so ordinary soldier in the Great Patriotic War. Filled with humor, the poem was a hymn of optimism and resourcefulness of the Russian soldier. It was surprisingly non-politicized, down-to-Earth, and intentionally devoid of any picturesque heroism. It was printed chapter by chapter and immediately sent to the front in newspapers and magazines.

[edit] Alternate spelling

His name in English has also been rendered:

  • Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovski
  • Aleksandr Tvardovski
  • Alexander Tvardovsky

"Aleksandr Tvardovsky" is by far the most common spelling.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b 1972 Britannica Book of the Year (covering events of 1971), "Obituaries 1971" article, page 532, "Tvardovski, Aleksandr Trifonovich" item

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